Index
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency locking of the doors . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency operation
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Emergency release
Selecto r lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Emergency unlocking
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
222
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
H ood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Starting ... .... ............... 84, 87, 98
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88, 98
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Working the engine compartment . . . . . . 220
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Engine hood
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
220
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Adding .. .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 224
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
288 Oil consumption .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Env ironment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
197
Diesel particulate fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Dispos ing of your veh icle battery . . . . . . . 232
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Fuel......... ... .. .. ............... 215
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up... 199
Proper disposa l of drained brake fluid . . . 229
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 227
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 224, 225
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Unleaded fuel.. .. .. .. ... .......... ..
212
What shou ld I do with an old battery? 232
EPC
refer to Electronic power control
ESC
refer to E lectronic Stabilization
15
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Explanation of some technical terms . . . . . 201
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
D . . 1mming ...... .. .. .. ............. ... 60
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Eyeglasses compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
F
Fall line
Fan
Radiator
Fastening 201
228
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 177
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Flexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Index
Panoramic sliding sunroof Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Parking aid
Clean ing sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking system
refer to Audi parking system plus with rear
view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Particle filter
refer to Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . 34
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 161
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 144
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter (climate control) . . 80
Pollutant filter (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 80
Power Windows . ..... ................ ..... 46
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ocking and unlocking the vehicle from in-
side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switch... .. .. ... ... .... ..... .... .. .. 42
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power locks Windows open and closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power meter (hybrid drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power steering
refer to Electromechanical power assist . . 194
Power window regulators
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Pregnant women
Special cons iderations when wear ing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
292
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Protective tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Q
quattro
refer to All-wheel drive
Question What happens to unbelted occupants?
R
194
144
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear lid Automatic operation
Opening and closing
Rear light .
. ................ 44
43
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rear seats Adjusting seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rearv iew camera
Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Recirculation mode (climate control) . . . . . . 81
Red symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Refill engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Refilling AdBlue With bottle ...... ... ...... ....... ... 218
With can ister .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 219
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Gasoline inhibitor flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Release lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Remote control Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 48